Thomas E. Brant, arrested Dec. 11 on suspicion of murder for the killing of Kimberly Seaton, 50, of Sparks. Seaton's body was found in a shallow grave in Brant's yard.

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A Sparks man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the murder of a 51-year-old woman, the Washoe County District Attorney's Office said.

Thomas E. Brant, 57, was convicted of first degree murder after a two-week trial, which ended May 13. Kimberley Seaton went missing last Fall and was eventually found strangled to death and buried in a shallow grave in Brant's backyard on the 1800 block of C Street in Sparks.

Seaton went missing after a domestic dispute with her former boyfriend, Washoe County Deputy District Attorney Luke Prendaman said. She had stayed with her boyfriend in a house ...